Former ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell is apparently heading back to the network. ESPN told Sports Media Watch Wednesday that it is “in discussions” with Rovell. Earlier in the night, the network said the same to Deadspin and Sports Business…
6/21 – Euro 2012 Viewership Up from 2008
Ratings and viewership have nearly doubled for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament on ESPN and ESPN2. Through Tuesday, coverage of the Euro 2012 tournament averaged a 0.7 U.S. rating and 1.002 million viewers on the ESPN family of networks, up…
6/21 – ESPN’s McDonough to Undergo Surgery
ESPN play-by-play voice Sean McDonough will have surgery in August to repair a hole in his inner ear bone. The surgery will require “removing a piece of his skull and lifting his brain to reach the bone,” a procedure that…
6/21- Beadle to Make NBC Debut Friday, June 21
Former ESPN personality Michelle Beadle will contribute to NBC Sports’ coverage of the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials this week, her first assignment since joining NBC in May. Beadle will “be a reporter and contribute features” on coverage of the trials,…
6/21 – CBS to Launch Ninth Sports FM
By the end of the summer CBS Radio will have at least nine sports stations on FM as part of the company’s growing push to put the spoken-word format on the more trafficked band. The latest will be in Tampa,…
6/21 – Stitcher Personalizes Streaming
Aiming to change the way consumers discover talk radio content, online audio aggregator Stitcher has launched a redesigned app for iPhone and Android that adds an algorithm to mobile spoken word audio. The talk radio equivalent of Pandora, Stitcher lets…